Performance Oriented up for sale, Long time Weber triple throat carb specialist Options

[slivel]

Paul Abbott who owns Performance Oriented has announced that he is interested in selling the business. He is in Salem, Oregon and has long been known as one of the best Weber restorers and blueprinters in the business. It will be a loss to the triple throat Weber community if we lose this resource. Sounds like he is going to retire. I had my 46's done by him about 10 years ago and they were perfect. Among the many services he provides; he replaces the bushed ends of the throttle shaft which wear and leak air (causing popping, mixture problems and tuning difficulty) making for a super smooth operation. I hope someone with similar talent will follow on.

Paul has a quite a resume - mechanical engineer, design engineer and VP of engineering for General Dynamics. Long time Porsche owner. His web site has loads of valuable technical information.

https://www.performanceoriented.com/

[bigkensteele]

For anyone interested in reading the email he sent to customers...


info@performanceoriented.com
Sun, Nov 1, 2:41 PM (4 days ago)
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Performance Oriented is available for sale, general information is:
This is an enthusiast oriented, home-based business. The work is both mindful and satisfying.
Training is by demonstration on Weber carburetors and includes all business aspects including:
Disassembly of received projects and generation of Price Proposal
Restorative, reparative and modification procedures
Billing and shipping procedures
Equipment includes:
Bridgeport mill with digital read-out scales
Clausing 10” lathe with collet closer
Zinc plating station including:
basket plating setup
Ultrasonic cleaning tank
Carb cleaner dip tank
Quincy QTV-54 air compressor
5HP
60 gallon, vertical tank
Bead blast cabinet modified for carb business
Vacuum tank for flow testing throttle housings
Dedicated carb assembly bench with carb rotisserie and tool box
Small parts storage cabinet with inventory of parts
Project storage rack
Inventory of Weber and Zenith carbs
Test engine on roll-around stand
Dedicated tooling
Technical files
Customer and vendor files
Business name and web site
Price is $225K for November. Each subsequent month after November will have purchase price reduced by $25K until business is sold. So: December price is $200K, January price is $175K, etc.
Annual net ranges from $80K to $100K which is 80% of gross income
Work week is typically four days at 8 hours plus one day dedicated to office duties
This is a sweet, home-based, mail-order business for the Porsche enthusiast with mechanical skills and it is expandable to other carburetor types. Also, a home-based business is particularly attractive with Covid-19 lurking about.

Cheers,

Paul Abbott
Performance Oriented
1040 Luradel Ave S
Salem, Oregon 97302
530.520.5816
www.PerformanceOriented.com